1648.07 Boolean Join The Boolean Join menu contains five welding options but it can only be applied to two selected shapes atone time. If you have more than two shapes, then just apply the Boolean Join to any two at a time or, inmost cases, you can either use the Weld (Ctrl+W) function or the Join (Ctrl+J) tool first to reduce yourmultiple shapes down to two and then use the Boolean Join function needed to complete your design. For example, if you have text that has been Split by Glyphs and there are 5 letters in your word, then youhave 5 individual shapes. You would need to apply either Weld or Join so that those 5 letters become onesingle shape. Then you could perform a Boolean Join with that text and some other shape to achieve yourdesired design. This will become clearer later in this section. After selecting two shapes, the Boolean Join menu can be opened in any of the following ways: Click on the Boolean Join icon on the Magic Toolbar Press Ctrl+U Right click on the screen and select Shape Magic> Boolean Join Go to Edit>Shape Magic> Boolean Join. The menu contains the following choices: When you apply a Boolean Join to shapes of two different colors, the resulting shape will be the color ofthe shape that was on the higher layer. Note: There is an Auto Simplify option in the Boolean Join window. You may need to uncheck that optionto get the desired result. For example, the Exclude Function will not perform correctly without uncheckingthat option.Cutting One Shape from Another If you wish to cut one shape from another, then the Boolean Join menu provides the solution you need. Inthis example, two hearts will be cut from a title. First, type the word “MOM” using the font of your choice. Make sure to have “No Splitting” selected in theAdd Text Group window. By doing this the text will be a single shape. Then import one of the hearts fromthe Basic Shapes library, resize and duplicate to create the design you want to make:Same as Weld toolFive tools are shown with thepurpose of each tool. The screenwill also show the net result asyou select each one.Arrange hearts, asdesired, over the text
